Designer and painter of fine art murals and ornament.
From my studio in San Francisco, I create custom artwork, designing patterns and fine art murals for interiors, using the traditional specialized techniques and materials of the decorative artist. I am fascinated by the interaction of space and surface design, so I found the perfect career as a muralist and ornamentalist. Traveling has always been an important part of my creative process: I am ever finding inspiration in nature, architecture, and historic surfaces, collecting ornament and influences along the way.
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Lynne Rutter is a longtime member of Artistic License, A Guild of Artisans, as well as the Society of Gilders. She is a Fellow of Odd Salon.
A participant in the International Decorative Painters Salon for many years, Lynne was proud to have hosted Salon 2023 at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture.
Lynne Rutter established her own studio in 1990 following years of apprenticing with master painters.
Widely known for her expertise in period design, she has won preservation and design awards both as restoration painter and as a colorist, and her work has been featured in numerous design publications nationally and internationally.
Lynne is the author of the popular blog The Ornamentalist, and is currently working on a book about painted ornament.
Classes & workshops
Join us for decorative painting classes and specialized workshops on the finer points of decorative painting, gilding, murals, and finishing, taught hands-on in a spacious working atelier.